Kingdom of Great Britain

This article is about the historic state. For the present-day state, see United Kingdom. In historical work the country is called Britain or Great Britain.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain was a state in Europe, located on the island of the same name, formed by the Act of Union between the parliaments of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland in 1707. Before this date the two Kingdoms remained politically independent but shared a single monarch from the accession of King James VI, King of Scots in March 1603.